Audio volume suddenly very low

[Martin S. Weber]

On 2016-06-23 17:37:56, Martin S. Weber wrote:
> (..)
> Here's my audio hardware:
> 
> dmesg | grep pcm                                                                           
> pcm0: <NVIDIA (0x0071) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 4 on hdaa0
> pcm1: <NVIDIA (0x0071) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 5 on hdaa0
> pcm2: <NVIDIA (0x0071) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 6 on hdaa0
> pcm3: <NVIDIA (0x0071) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 7 on hdaa0
> pcm4: <Realtek (0x0900) (Rear Analog 5.1/2.0)> at nid 20,22,21 and 24,26 on hdaa1
> pcm5: <Realtek (0x0900) (Front Analog)> at nid 27 and 25 on hdaa1
> pcm6: <Realtek (0x0900) (Onboard Digital)> at nid 17 on hdaa1
> pcm7: <Realtek (0x0900) (Rear Digital)> at nid 30 on hdaa1
> pcm8: <USB audio> on uaudio0
> 

FWIW, with hw.snd.default_unit=8, I get the usual output level
on my headphones through my Fiio e7/e9 combo. It's just the
realtek that essentially gets not driven anymore.

Regards,
-Martin